Slavko Degoricija

Slavko Degoricija (18 April 1931-) was Deputy Minister of the Interior of Croatia during the Bosnian War.

Biography
Slavko Degoricija was born in Kompolje, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia in 1931, and he worked as a teacher and history professor before entering politics in the 1980s. He joined the Croatian Democratic Union in 1989, and he was elected to its Executive Committee. In the second government of Croatia, he served as Deputy Interior Minister, and he was also an MP during the Bosnian War. He later joined the Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats (HNS) party after leaving the HDZ.